Definition of Kingdam
King"dom (k&ibreve;ng"dŭm), n.
[AS. cyningdōm. See 2d King, and -dom.]
1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a
king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion;
monarchy.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom. Ps. cxiv. 13.
When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his
father, he strengthened himself. 2 Chron. xxi. 4.
2. The territory or country subject to a king
or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king
or has control.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual
night. Shak.
You're welcome,
Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom.
Shak.
3. An extensive scientific division
distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal
division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. "The
animal and vegetable kingdoms."
Locke.
Animal kingdom. See under
Animal. -- Kingdom of God.
(a) The universe. (b)
That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged
sovereign. (c) The authority or dominion of
God. -- Mineral kingdom. See under
Mineral. -- United Kingdom. See
under United. -- Vegetable kingdom.
See under Vegetable.
Syn. -- Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty;
domain.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
- (taxonomy) A taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum, into which all living organisms are grouped. (e.g. plant kingdom, animal kingdom).
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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